Grand Prix Rejects

tommykl wrote:

F1000X wrote:Why were there no Ferraris in the 1982 Swiss Grand Prix?

Pironi had just had his accident the race before, and Ferrari decided to withdraw Tambay from the race as a sign of respect.

F1000X wrote:Why were there no Ferraris in the 1982 Swiss Grand Prix?

tommykl wrote:

F1000X wrote:Why were there no Ferraris in the 1982 Swiss Grand Prix?

Try 2: Ferrari still hadn't found a replacement fro Pironi and Tambay was injured in practice.

James1978 wrote:To be honest, when I got the year-review video of the 1982 season, it amazed me how long it took for Ferrari to get replacements for Villeneuve and Pironi (I believe Pironi was on his own in Monaco/Detroit/Canada, and Tambay on his own in Austria and in Dijon practice). It was 1994 when I bought the video and couldn't have imagined Williams that year leaving Damon Hill on his own until France, which is comparable to Ferrari in 1982.

Phoenix wrote:

James1978 wrote:To be honest, when I got the year-review video of the 1982 season, it amazed me how long it took for Ferrari to get replacements for Villeneuve and Pironi (I believe Pironi was on his own in Monaco/Detroit/Canada, and Tambay on his own in Austria and in Dijon practice). It was 1994 when I bought the video and couldn't have imagined Williams that year leaving Damon Hill on his own until France, which is comparable to Ferrari in 1982.

What makes the affair more strange is that all results already counted by that stage, yet they walked away with the Constructors Championship with a 5 points margin over McLaren.

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:

Wizzie wrote:You forgot 2 wins for Camel under Lotus.

And here's another question:

Which season had the most drivers take their debut victories? For bonus points name them and the race each of them won.

1982 is the season with the most debut winners, at 5. Riccardo Patrese won the Monaco Grand Prix, Patrick Tambay won the German Grand Prix, Elio de Angelis won the Austrian Grand Prix, Keke Rosberg won the Swiss Grand Prix, and Michele Alboreto won the Car Park Grand Prix.

Ed24 wrote:James Allen's put together quite a good quiz if anyone's interested

http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2010/12/its-the-ja-on-f1-christmas-quiz/

Ferrim wrote:I got many questions, but some of them depend on your definition. Take number 2, for example: does the first leader of the season count as one change? (I think not, but with these you never know). Number 4: is "failing to score" right when you didn't compete on the previous season? You can't fail at anything if you don't even try it.

A few of them I don't know at the moment, but I know where I have to look for the answers.

Ed24 wrote:James Allen's put together quite a good quiz if anyone's interested

http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2010/12/its-the-ja-on-f1-christmas-quiz/

Ed24 wrote:Yes, some questions are a bit too ambiguous.

For example, does Hockenheim count as a Hermann Tilke designed track, even though he only did half of it?

Ferrim wrote:Number 4: is "failing to score" right when you didn't compete on the previous season? You can't fail at anything if you don't even try it.

QuickYoda41 wrote:

Ferrim wrote:Number 4: is "failing to score" right when you didn't compete on the previous season? You can't fail at anything if you don't even try it.

Good point. At first I thought the answer might be Prost (1993 of course); but then I realised there's another answer for that. But in this case there's no point mentioning 1950 as an exception, as in 1949 nobody tried to score.

Wizzie wrote:

QuickYoda41 wrote:

Ferrim wrote:Number 4: is "failing to score" right when you didn't compete on the previous season? You can't fail at anything if you don't even try it.

Good point. At first I thought the answer might be Prost (1993 of course); but then I realised there's another answer for that. But in this case there's no point mentioning 1950 as an exception, as in 1949 nobody tried to score.

It's not Prost... I know the answer but I don't know whether saying it will ruin the fun

EDIT: Question 11 is so damn easy it's not funny. Stuck with question 9 though.

mario wrote:

Wizzie wrote:

QuickYoda41 wrote:Good point. At first I thought the answer might be Prost (1993 of course); but then I realised there's another answer for that. But in this case there's no point mentioning 1950 as an exception, as in 1949 nobody tried to score.

It's not Prost... I know the answer but I don't know whether saying it will ruin the fun

EDIT: Question 11 is so damn easy it's not funny. Stuck with question 9 though.

I think that Felipe Massa might have completed the most racing laps this year, as he only had one retirement this season (in Japan) - for all other races, he was still going when the flag came down.

You scored 51/101 (50.50%).

F1 only: 16/26 (61.54%).

Non-F1: 35/75 (46.67%).

dr-baker wrote:Autosport now have their annual Christmas quiz up and I did embarrassing poorly.

You scored 51/101 (50.50%).

F1 only: 16/26 (61.54%).

Non-F1: 35/75 (46.67%).

Ferrim wrote:Wow, it seems this year I haven't followed motorsport closely enough... I'm stuck even with many F1 questions

You scored 41/101 (40.59%).
F1 only: 15/26 (57.69%).
Non-F1: 26/75 (34.67%).

BTW 71st question felt stupid.

EDIT: now that I'm checking the F1 answers (90% of the others I had no idea)... It says that Vettel does not hold the youngest ever record for podium finisher... that means he holds the other two (world champion and race starter). The thing is, I DON'T agree he holds the record for youngest race starter (I knew Fernando Alonso was younger, I've just checked and Esteban Tuero was younger too) while he actually holds the record for youngest podium finisher.

You scored 41/101 (40.59%).

F1 only: 17/26 (65.38%).

Non-F1: 24/75 (32.00%).

Cynon wrote:Their NASCAR and IndyCar questions were a joke in comparison to the F1 questions.

Peter wrote:Is there any engine manufacturer that has never had an engine failure before? If not, who has had the least engine failures?

tommykl wrote:

Peter wrote:Is there any engine manufacturer that has never had an engine failure before? If not, who has had the least engine failures?

The way you worded that tells me you don't have ananswer yourself...

Anyway, I'd say Toyota (they claim to have had the most reliable engines in F1).

Wizzie wrote:Here's an easy one:

What elite club is Jenson Button set to enter at next year's British Grand Prix?

Faustus wrote:

Wizzie wrote:Here's an easy one:

What elite club is Jenson Button set to enter at next year's British Grand Prix?

The club for drivers that have entered 200 races.

Wizzie wrote:

Faustus wrote:

Wizzie wrote:Here's an easy one:

What elite club is Jenson Button set to enter at next year's British Grand Prix?

The club for drivers that have entered 200 races.

I'll give you half a point for that even though it's not quite correct. He would join the club of drivers who have made 200 race starts (His 200th race entry would have been the race before at Valencia)

dr-baker wrote:

Wizzie wrote:

Faustus wrote:
The club for drivers that have entered 200 races.

I'll give you half a point for that even though it's not quite correct. He would join the club of drivers who have made 200 race starts (His 200th race entry would have been the race before at Valencia)

Is the one-race discrepancy the US GP 2005?